September 09, 2010, 5:32PM

The two-day festival of Rosh Hashanah is underway, celebrating the Jewish new year with candle lightings tonight and the sounding of the shofar Friday. Classes were closed today in Jamesville-DeWitt and Fayetteville-Manlius school districts. The holiday begins a 10-day period of soul-searching solemnity leading up to the fast day of atonement, Yom Kippur. For a guide to Rosh Hashanah, see... Full story »

September 09, 2010, 2:12PM

Syracuse, NY--Central New York Muslims will mark the end of Ramadan tonight, before celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr tomorrow with a carnival at the Islamic Society of Central New York in Syracuse. Muslims fast during the month of Ramadan, which this year began Aug. 11 and ends tonight. The three-day holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, which celebrates the end of fasting, begins Friday. Local Muslims... Full story »

September 08, 2010, 2:51PM

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said Wednesday he was determined to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, despite pressure from the White House, religious leaders and others to call it off. Pastor Terry Jones said at a press conference that he has received a lot of encouragement for... Full story »

September 03, 2010, 3:20PM

NEW YORK — A new poll finds New Yorkers are conflicted about the construction of a mosque near the World Trade Center site, with half of respondents opposed to the project and a majority saying people have the right to build an Islamic center near ground zero. The New York Times survey released Friday found 50 percent of respondents... Full story »

August 31, 2010, 3:28PM

CARLTON, N.Y. — Authorities have arrested a group of teenagers for yelling obscenities, honking car horns and firing a shotgun outside a mosque in western New York. Two 17-year-old boys and three 18-year-olds were charged with disrupting a religious service, a misdemeanor, at the World Sufi Foundation mosque in the Lake Ontario town of Carlton on Monday night. Orleans County... Full story »

August 18, 2010, 7:34PM

The proposal to build a mosque near ground zero in New York city has stirred a variety of emotions. Here is a comment about the on-going story from reader shrimpymcd: If we deny these Muslims the right to practice their religion freely where they want to, when they want to, then we simply become that which we despise so... Full story »

August 11, 2010, 8:45AM

Syracuse, NY – Muslims today are making their first daily fast in observation of Ramadan, the holiest month of the Islamic calendar. During Ramadan, Muslims fast each day from dawn until sunset, pray, meditate and perform acts of charity. Eid ul-Fitr, the end of the fasting season, is on Sept. 10, according to the calculations of the Fiqh Council of... Full story »

June 16, 2010, 2:23PM

Syracuse, NY – Religious leaders and ministry workers across a range of faiths will discuss the HIV/AIDS epidemic 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday during a Clergy and Community Leaders Summit at the Sheraton University Hotel and Conference Center. Workshops will explore the role that religious leaders can play in overcoming stigma and discrimination, concerns clergy may have in addressing... Full story »